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Perceived threat of terrorism and employee outcomes: The moderating role of negative affectivity and psychological capital

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  • Raja, Usman
  • Azeem, Muhammad Umer
  • Haq, Inam Ul
  • Naseer, Saima

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Using the conservation of resources theory and the terror management theory, we proposed that the perceived threat of terrorism would hurt employees' well-being, performance and individually directed citizenship behaviors (OCBI) and increase employee stress and emotional exhaustion. We tested our hypotheses in two studies using time-lagged data with independent measures for behaviors. In study 1, two-wave data comprised of 160 peer-employee dyads supported the proposed relationships of fear of terrorism with well-being and performance and the moderating role of negative affectivity. In study 2, two-wave data from 350 employee-supervisor dyads supported the proposed relationships of perceived threat of terrorism with stress, emotional exhaustion, performance, and OCBI. Results supported a moderating role of psychological capital in these relationships. We believe that our research adds meaningfully to the limited research on the effects of terrorism on employees’ well-being and behaviors. We discuss the implications of our findings for managers and the future research.

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  • Raja, Usman & Azeem, Muhammad Umer & Haq, Inam Ul & Naseer, Saima, 2020. "Perceived threat of terrorism and employee outcomes: The moderating role of negative affectivity and psychological capital," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 316-326.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:110:y:2020:i:c:p:316-326
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.01.026
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